Winter Fun! Crash Tally Thread

[Scotty Ryan]

Ok, I'm not gonna count any of my motocross.That would take days.... I'll start off with my worst road course crash - Last year at Blackhawk Entering into the kink down the back straight - top of 5th gear on an SV650 - some guy put a rod through his engine case and covered the track in oil - leaned the bike into the kink and lost the front - beforeI knew it I was flipping and smacking my ankel of the pavment. Long story short I broke my ankel in three places and completley crushed every piece of tissue, muscel, ligament and tendons. Doc's thought that I had compartment syndrom and that I was gonna lose my foot, over a year ago and I still have discoloration and very poor use of my foot(still in PT).I didn't walk for three months. Since I have been RR - 2003: 1 collision w/rider lowside
               2004: 4
               2005: 7 -two in 1 race @bhwk 1highside 1 lowside, 1 lowside @Road America AMA in front of SPEED channel cameras, 1 @Autobahn north, 1 lowside @ Gingerman, 1 lowside @ Bhawk , another lowside somewhere else "can't remember" and last but not least collided with Johnny Moore and crashed. This is where it is gonna sound like i'm making excuses, but seriousley - there was a stint of six or seven weekends in a row that I low sided ......

[Racingxtc7]

2005- 1
2004- 2
2003- 1

3 sets of bent forks!!

[Super Dave]

3 sets of bent forks!!

Isn't that the Yamaha logo?

[tzracer]

2005 - 0
2004 - 0
2003 - 0
2002 - 1
2001 - 0
2000 - didn't race
1999 - 0
1998 - 0
1997 - 0
1996 - 0
1995 - 0
1994 - 0
1993 - 1
1992 - 0
1991 - 1

I have a 1993 TZ250 (I purchased new in 1994) that I raced until last year (I have retired the bike) that was never crashed.

[dr.d]

1984 sears point: lowside turn 11

1984 sears point: lowside turn 4 racing in practice (rookie mistake)

1984 sears point: lowside turn 2

1984 sears point: too hot entrance to carousel, another lowside.

Was living with a junkie at the time who just laughed at me when i tried to explain that what he was doing for fun was dangerous and was gonna kill him. RD400 and i survived unscathed.

1988 sears point: lowside turn 3--mangled my rz350 racing for 10th in f1- crashing while pushing in an unimportant race (i.e racing up a class, not in the points chase---screwed up my run for lw sb championship....

1988 sears: yellow plate lowsides directly in front of me on the warm up lap in 8a....run him over, break his femur, i end up in the weeds with numb legs.... took corner workers a while to find me....legs work fine, compression fracture t4-t5...still bothers...

1991 sears: at the apex of turn 7 is a corner worker with a STOP SIGN... this is displayed to inform riders to gently come to a stop just past 7 if there is a red flag.. normally you will have seen waving red at the entrance to 7 or further back turn 4,5, or 6...unfortunately if the STOP sign is displayed just after you have passed the flagging station at the entrance to 7, your 1st indication of red flag conditions is a STOP sign at the apex...well dude in front of me saw STOP, checked up at full lean, i rear ended him......ninja 250 survived unscathed....don't know if afm ever changed the way they do things down in 7...

2002 pocono: 1st race back after 10 years off. Back of the grid, lightweight something something....i'm thinking its  a 2 wave start....everyone goes, leaving me sitting there, furiously steam around 1st lap, catch a few, run off into the field outside turn 1... manage not to crash, but hit one bump/ditch so hard that the pipe is bent up a good 6 inches....still can't figure that out....unfortunate guy behind me follows me off, gets a helicopter ride....

2002 summit: near highside in 7, run off riders right in 8 while on the brakes.. auger in as soon as front wheel finds dirt, hit tires so hard i see stars...neck hurts like hell, but hey im a doctor, i don't need to go to the emergency room........luckily i'm right..(stupid but right)...go to pick up a gas can, loading up to leave....damn, arm lengthens a good 1/2 inch, hurts like hell.... shoulder subluxion, bothers me for 2 years...

2003 roebling: lowside, 1st lap, chasing ducatis in supertwins on sv....repeat of 1988 mistake: racing too hard in a class i'm not competitive in...

2003 barber: lowside  exit 5, chasing James Chance: simple stupidity

2004 VIR: my buddy tries to come under me in 3... contact. both go down..."racing incident"

2004 summit: punky little lowside exiting 5...stupid..

2004 VIR: old tires, red mist, passed about 6 bikes in 2 laps, now in 2nd, throw away front end in hogpen....spend some time sliding on my back, watching my bike descend from altitude, hoping it doesn't land on me....Steve Long designates me "master of all destruction", whines about me repeatedly destroying "his" bike, while i singlehandedly finance his harley...

2005 Summit: fall off in the gravel outside turn 1 at circus clown speed TWICE in one weekend

2005 Summit: guy on a buell (dave watson)highsides directly in front of me in 10...nowhere to go, I t-bone him..he gets a broken pelvis, i reinjure the shoulder....I get to play doctor to the poor guy I just ran over, help the medics prep him for transport....He fortunately doesn't hate me and is a very nice guy....3rd guy in tbones daves bike.....pics of this are crash page worthy.....

2005 VIR..another rookie mistake....crummy start, storming to the front, 1st lap--lose both ends in the 1st left hander of the climbing esses--nice lowside....Dan Riter is forced off into the dirt avoiding running me over.....next lap he comes by looks over to see if i'm ok, runs off the track again!!

Near misses, honorable mention:

1988 Sears: rz brake don't feel right, barely get the bike stopped before hitting the tire wall at 1mph....dumbass mechanic(me) managed to get both pads on the same side of one of the discs!!

2005 Summit, turn 4: hit as hard as i've ever been hit without crashing by Keener while avoiding the remaining pieces of Art Diaz's helicoptering Buell.

2005 Summit: Rain leaves a puddle to the inside of 6...Neglecting the possibility of tossing water onto the track and crashing someone else out, I think "wow, it'd be cool to drag my knee thru this" ... splash water on my own rear, get so sideways i see my rear number plate, bike saves itself.....

Don't know why its so fun to replay these msiadventures, but it is......

[eeky]

To the best of my recollections:
1970 - 1
1971 - 2
1972 - 1
1973 - 1
1974 - 1
1975 - 1
1976 - 0
1977 - 1
1978 - 0
1979 - 3
1980 - 5
1981 - 3
1982 - 2
1983 - 1
1984 - 0
1985 - 0
1986 - 0
1987 - 0
1988 - 0
1989 - 1
1990-1998 (car racing) - 0
1999 - 0
2000 - 1
2001 - 0
2002 - 1
2003 - 0
2004 - 1
2005 - 1

My most crashed bike, CB750F - 5. Least crashed bike, FZ750 - 0. My injury rate, i.e. broken bones is 40% with right collarbone being my favorite, 8 times.

Most memorable crash occured in 1989 while contesting the lead in an AMA Battle of the Twins race at RA. Ducati, meet the Billy Mitchel bridge abutment. This was before the wonderful invention of air fence. The bad news, multiple broken bones, multiple surgeries, multiple year recovery and the ony time I've ever completely destroyed a motorcycle.

The good news, I didn't own the Ducati.

[Super Dave]

Them there FZ750's helped for making house payments, eeky...



 ;D

[PJ]

Yikes. It's scary when you count 'em up. Mostly got up and walked away. But three massive highsides accounted for 3 closed head injuries, broken foot/wrist, shoulder blade and collarbone/ribs with punctured lung combo.

1994 = 1 Totalled GPz 550 (wife's bike).
1995 = 1 Totalled FZR 400. Highside in BIR T2.
1996 = 0 Too scared to ride fast enough to crash. Took all year to regain confidence.
1997 = 1 Cold tire lowside.
1998 = 2 TZ 125 rider hit me in the azz, plus a rain crash. Do those really count?
1999 = 1 Highsided a buddy's TL 1000.
2000 = 1 Highsided during 24-hours of Willow.
2001 = 1 No brakes in T1 at Road America!
2002 = 1 Cold tire lowside.
2003 = 2 Bought tire warmers, but crashed anyway. Crashed in someone else's oil at RA.
2004 = 1 Crashed out of the lead at Gingerman.
2005 = 5 WTF? ?!?

This season was obviously my worst for crashing. Starting with running my brake lever into the back of Greg Avello just off the start going into T2 at Autobahn. Hit him so hard the impact broke the lever off in his tail section. Can you say instant stoppie? I knew you could. Special thanks to Vic Hyman for not running over my head. Twice.

The other 4 were just stupid old me pushing too hard against the laws of physics while trying to beat Ed Key (and spotting him 170+ pounds). Time for me and my bike to go on a diet...

[Super Dave]

accounted for 3 closed head injuries...

Ah, that expl....

Never mind.


 ;D ;D ;D

[criminalspeed]

2003 - rookie year, low sided my 600 trying to race a 250 through the twisties (I was stomping him in the straights, determined to stay in front)

2004 - hydroplaned in T1 at NHIS in the pouring rain, did not scrub any speed, went down around 100mph, severe dislocated right thumb, gee i'm dumb.

2005 - highsided in T2 at NHIS in the rain again; did my whole left arm, raced two hours later, closing in on first place, lowsided in T3 on white flag lap, got back on and finished 6th.

More to come...

[AZ-MilleR]

Unfortunately I can make a contribution to this thread since I've been busy crashing this year.

2003 - No crashes
2004 - No crashes
2005 - 5 crashes

First crash - March at Firebird East morning practice on a damp drying track.  Realize I am in the SW and water doesn't come around often.  This would be my first time on a wet racetrack.  Brand new tires, first turn after pit-out, spun up the rear a little before I was straight up and down, and found the rear tire in front of me.  Minor getoff, was able to laugh about it, and keep riding my session.

June - Tucked the front mid-race, was fine until I got to the pea gravel and tumbled.  Had my arm out more then I should and had a partial rotator cuff tear.

October - Daytona ROC - Thursday practice, second session.  On the pit-out lap I thought I'd get ahead of some slower bikes and push tires that weren't up to temp a little too much and lost the front.  No big deal, picked the bike up and kept riding.

October - Daytona ROC - Sunday LW GP Race.  Having carb issues, bike not running well, just limping around the track in 5th place, was hit by Nate Kern in the infield.  Caused me to highside.  Did a fair bit of damage to the bike, but I walked away just a little sore.

November - Final race weekend, practice day, I lowsided, should have been minor, but leg got caught under bike and rest of my body twisted, it didn't budge.  I just got checked by an Ortho, will have an MRI.  Looks like knee surgery might be in my future.  Possible Miniscus tear and/or Lateral Collateral ligament.  I also badly bruised a couple of ribs and my sternum.  This one was painful and I hope to be riding for the beginning of next season.  Doesn't look like I'll get to much winter riding.  I rode enough in my Sunday race day to win my 2 regional championships, but in major pain.  If the championships weren't on the line, no way I would have ridden.

[K3 Chris Onwiler]

 I rode enough in my Sunday race day to win my 2 regional championships, but in major pain.

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